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Saxon Federal Library – Dresden, Germany

Building: Saxon Federal Library
Location: Dresden, Germany
Architect: Ortner and Ortner
Completion: 2003
AE interests: vast open space, stone cladding, enormous glass roof
Crematorium Baumschulenweg – Berlin, Germany


Building: Crematorium Baumschulenweg
Location: Rinkartstr 13, 12437 Berlin, Germany
Architect: Axel Schultes and Charlotte Frank
Completion: 1998
AE interests: concrete construction, flat roof, glass façade, minimalist exterior envelope, large interior columns
Documentation Center – Nurnberg, Germany


Building: Documentation Center
Location: Nurnberg, Germany
Architect: Gunther Domenig
Completion: 2001
AE interests: steel and glass shaft, brick and concrete finish
Experimental Factory – Magdeburg, Germany


Building: Experimental Factory
Location: Magdeburg, Germany
Architect: Sauerbruch Hutton Architects
Completion: 2001
Structural Engineer: Bautra
Environmental Engineer: Canzler Ingenieure, Leipzig
Acoustical: Akustik-Ingenieurburo Moll
AE interests: Concrete slab construction with prefabricated skeleton, glass curtainwall and façade, aluminum cladding
Treptowers – Berlin, Germany

Building: Treptowers
Location: An den Treptowers 3, Berlin, Germany
Architect: Schweger and Partner
Completion: 1998
AE interests: high-rise building, steel and glass façade
Dresden Synagogue – Dresden, Germany

Building: Dresden Synagogue
Location: Hasenberg 1, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Architect: Wandel Hoefer Lorch Architects
Completion: 2001
Structural Engineer: Schweitzer Ingenieure
Acoustical Engineer: Muller BBM
Lighting Designers: Wilms GmbH
AE interests: precast concrete stones, interior structure of metallic textile
Prisma Building – Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Building: Prisma Building
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Architect: Auer + Weber + Partner
Completion: 2001
AE interests: atrium, double glass façade for ventilation, curtain wall system
Braun Headquarters – Melsungen, Germany

Building: Braun Headquarters
Location: Markdorfer Str. 1, 88048 Friedrichshafen, Melsungen, Germany
Architect: Sterling, Wilford, and Nageli
Completion: 2001
AE interests: stained timber structure
Biosphere and Flower Pavilion – Potsdam, Germany


Building: Biosphere and Flower Pavilion
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Architect: Barkow and Leibinger
Completion: 2001
AE interests: natural lighting, low rise building that fits on the landscape, curtain walls, long span concrete roof, pavilion is an open 200 meter long space, very natural geologic shape
University Library – Magdeburg, Germany


Building: University Library
Location: 39576 Stendal Magdeburg, Germany
Architect: Auer and Weber
Completion: 2003
Structural Engineer: Andra Leondardt
MEP Engineer: Ebert Ingenieure
Lighting Designers: Siemens Prismatic
AE interests: concrete walls, atrium, exposed steelwork, timber shutters
National Space Center – Leicester, England

Building: National Space Center
Location: Leicester, England
Completed: 2001
Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw
Structural Engineer: Arup
Project Manager: Gardiner and Theobold
AE interests: grid steel frame, spiraling geometry, efficiency
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center – Troy, New York

Building: Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
Location: 110 8th Street, Troy, New York 12180
Completed: 2008
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Architect of Record: Davis Brody Bond
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Acoustician: Kirkegaard Associates
Theater Consultant: Fisher Dachs Associates
Construction Manager: Turner Construction Company
AE interests: lighting, acoustics, glass walls
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Five Boats Office Development – Duisburg, Germany

Building: Five Boats Office Development
Location: Duisburg, Germany
Completed: 2005
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: LWS Ingenieure, Duisburg
AE interests: extensive use of fenestration, symmetry
Caixa Galicia Art Foundation – A Coruna, Spain

Building: Caixa Galicia Art Foundation
Location: A Coruna, Spain
Completed: 2006
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Engineer: Arup
Main Contractor: Dragados
AE interests: responds sensitively to site, glass paneling, marble interlayer, lighting
Southern Cross Station – Melbourne, Australia

Building: Southern Cross Station
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Completed: 2006
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: Winward Structures
Consulting Engineer: Lincolne Scott Australia
AE interests: dune-like roof which is responsive to hot climate, vast hall with uninterrupted vistas
Frankfurt Trade Fair Hall – Frankfurt, Germany



Building: Frankfurt Trade Fair Hall
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Completed: 2001
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineers: Arup, Schlaich Bergermann, BGS, Hahn & Bartenbach
Main Contractor: Hochtief
AE interests: steel roof structure, lighting
Zurich Airport: Airside Center – Zurich, Switzerland

Building: Zurich Airport: Airside Center
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Completed: 2004
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Associate Achitect: Itten & Brechbuhl AG
Structural Engineer: Ernst Basler & Partners, Arup
Facade Consultant: Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG
AE interests: aerodynamically curved steel roof, glass walts
Eden Project – Cornwall, England

Building: Eden Project
Location: Bodelva, St Austell, Cornwall, PL24 2SG, England
Completed: 2001
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: SKM Anthony Hunts, Arup
Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon & Everest
Main Contractor: McAlpine Joint Venture
AE interests: geometric shapes, efficiency, ’biodomes’ help encapsulate humid and warm temperatures which are used for plant enclosures
International Waterloo Terminal – London, England

Building: International Terminal Waterloo
Location: York Road, London SE1 7ND, England
Completed: 1993
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineers: Anthony Hunt Associates, Cass Hayward and Partners with Tony Gee and Partners, British Rail Civil Engineer, Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners
Consulting Engineers: Roger Preston & Partners
AE Interests: arches, curved trusses